Laravel: Auth::user()->id trying to get a property of a non-object

Question

I\'m getting the following error \"trying to get a property of a non-object\" when I submit a form to add a user, the error is apparently on the first line: Auth::user()->id

Answer 1

Your question and code sample are a little vague, and I believe the other developers are focusing on the wrong thing. I am making an application in Laravel, have used online tutorials for creating a new user and authentication, and seemed to have noticed that when you create a new user in Laravel, no Auth object is created - which you use to get the (new) logged-in user's ID in the rest of the application. This is a problem, and I believe what you may be asking. I did this kind of cludgy hack in userController::store :

$user->save();

Session::flash('message','Successfully created user!');

//KLUDGE!! rest of site depends on user id in auth object - need to force/create it here
Auth::attempt(array('email' => Input::get('email'), 'password' => Input::get('password')), true);

Redirect::to('users/' . Auth::user()->id);

Shouldn't have to create and authenticate, but I didn't know what else to do.